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Adamides George - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Christou Anastasis - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Natural Resources and Environment)

Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403113
Email: achristou@ari.moa.gov.cy

Research Interests

• Cellular and molecular responses of strawberry to salt, osmotic and heat stress
• Priming approaches for enhancing plant abiotic stress resistance
• Impacts and risk assessment of wastewater reuse for irrigation in the environment and public health
• Fate and plant uptake of micro-pollutants and compounds of emerging concern (CECs)
• Phytoremetiation as a tool for retrieving marginal and polluted soils

• Olive culture, Citrus culture
• Evaluation and conservation of olive genetic resources
• Elaiographic description, cultivar characterization and identification of olive genetic material
• Evaluation of olive and citrus varieties in the agri-environmental conditions of Cyprus
• Quality characteristics and characterization of olive oil
• Organoleptic assessment of extra virgin olive oil

• Plant Breeding and Genetics-Molecular Genetics
• Prognostic Breeding– Innovative Methodology of Plant Breeding for cultivar development, exploitation of epigenetic phenomena, mitigation of biotic and abiotic stressors/Climate Change
• Plant Breeding for Organic and Low-Input Agriculture – Participatory Approaches- Traditional varieties
• Epigenetic phenomena in Plant Breeding-Epigenomics
• Systems Biology
• Precision Agriculture

• The global release of industrial and agricultural chemicals has resulted in widespread environmental pollution. I am very interested to study the effects of these pollutants on the ecology and function of soil microbial communities using biochemical (PLFA) and molecular biology techniques. Additionally the implementation of analytical chemistry regarding the fate of these pollutants in the environment will also help us to understand their relation with microbial community.
• The isolation of microorganisms from the Cyprus environment and their implementation in favor of agriculture, industry and the environment. Mycorrhizal fungi, nitrogen free living bacteria, and phosphate solubilizing bacteria are important microbial groups that have been recognized as plant growth promoting microorganisms.
• Microbial formulation and bioreactors (biofilters).

• Development of nucleic acid based methods for the detection of Plant Pathogens
• Biological and Molecular Characterization of Plant Viruses, Viroids, Bacteria and Phytoplasmata
• Management of Plant diseases
• Production and maintenance of healthy plant propagating material (Grapevines, Citrus, Stonefruits, Olives)